Bucket List Stories - car related

[Bleed The Freak]

We all been there- let's tell our stories of the worst vehicle we had to drive because it was that time of the day when that was all we can get until we can level up.

I had a 1993 Ford tempo back in 2004 and I had to make sure I kept the can of oil with me at all times cuz it was leaking. Bad boy was awful. Had it on college though

Awful vehicle but it did its job when I needed it

 

[Regular Developer]

I use to pay for a driver in Jacksonville when I first arrived because I didn't have a license or a car. It was someone's manual 2011 mitsubishi eclipse

 

[TheMailMan]

1986 mercury topaz . The road toad. Even had 2 kickers in the trunk. Wipers didn't work and I was driving in the rain on fort st and the road curved and I went straight. Hit the median and blew out all my tires. Limped it to some spot in Lincoln Park and left it . Pops was pissed lol .left for the Navy 2 weeks later

 

[boogers]

1986 mercury topaz . The road toad. Even had 2 kickers in the trunk. Wipers didn't work and I was driving in the rain on fort st and the road curved and I went straight. Hit the median and blew out all my tires. Limped it to some spot in Lincoln Park and left it . Pops was pissed lol .left for the Navy 2 weeks later

oh man that is one rough car lol

Junkyard Find: 1986 Mercury Topaz GS, Lichen This Car Edition

Would you believe that the last time we saw a Ford Tempo in this series was seven years ago, or that we've never seen a discarded example of its Mercurized sibling, the Topaz? We'll fix that right now, with a Northern California Topaz that served as habitat for a fascinating variety of moss and...

www.thetruthaboutcars.com

 

[Trips]

I had a '92 Geo Storm from 2001-08. I probably paid for that car at least 3 times the amount of money I spent fixing it. The year I graduated college I had it parked on the street across from my place. Some a$$hole kids shattered my entire back windshield (that was a $700 replacement) which was like 60% of what I had originally paid for the car. I constantly had to replace belts and lights on that car. Driver's side window got off track and no matter how many times I took the door apart and put it back on track that shyt would fukk up and stop working. I spent years getting replacement tires from junkyards because putting new tires on that bytch wasn't worth it.

 

[Bleed The Freak]

Ain't no SUV worse than the damn GMC Acadia. Absolutely the worst. Go look at the reviews.

Had a 2012 one that lived in the repair shop for damn near 2 years. Got it in 2016. Damn near sprayed holy water on it before it started the last two years

Timing chain. Replaced 2x in 3 years!!
Mounts
Struts
Throttle body
O2 sensors
Gaskets
Water pump
Radiator
Thermostat

That's just the start

Even had car shield on it and found a shop that took car shield and even that didn't matter the truck was so bad.

It was so bad I had it paid off and even though I vowed to never get a car payment I gladly took one to get out that POS last year

A full warranty though for 5 years

 

[trapnerd]

I had a 2010 vw gti that almost bankrupt me.

Timing chain failure x2 and replaced the heads both times.

DSG issues where the car would not go into reverse unless I turned the car off, turned it back on, and immediately put it in reverse. It would also randomly get stuck in first gear leaving the light and I’d have to pull over, cut the car off, then try again.

I was working at a call center so those $5k top end rebuilds were running me dry and having no reverse was getting real old.

Got rid of it during Covid when they were paying 10x the value.

 

[JP_614]

1992 Chevrolet Cavalier. My dumbass left the lights on one night in a Burger King parking thinking that shyt was automatic shut off . Had to call my pops to get a jump. I thought the shyt broke down lol.

 

[beenz]

I remember my ex wife when I met her had a dodge neon. it was like a 1994 or 1995, I can't remember. she told me someone put sugar in the tank awhile ago before we even met, and it wasn't right after that.

all I know is when I drove that car, if I filled the gas up, it would show full on the guage for like 50 miles, then the needle would drop all the way back down to the E

 

[⠀X ⠀]

I had a 1993 BMW 3 series. I got it for free, but it was sitting for a year. I put like $4000 into it. It never left me stranded, but it was falling apart. The sunroof wouldn’t close, the door panel fell off, the front windows wouldn’t go down, it wouldn’t pass the emissions inspection. Plus at one point all the lights stopped working. It probably would have been a $1000 job to fix, but my friends dad had a shop who took care of it. As soon as I got a good job, I sent it to the junk yard and got a new car.

 

[⠀X ⠀]

I remember my ex wife when I met her had a dodge neon. it was like a 1994 or 1995, I can't remember. she told me someone put sugar in the tank awhile ago before we even met, and it wasn't right after that.

all I know is when I drove that car, if I filled the gas up, it would show full on the guage for like 50 miles, then the needle would drop all the way back down to the E

They laced her gas with angel dust?